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Slow-Release "Jelly" Novel Drug Deliverer

Jan 29, 2013

DURHAM, NC – Duke University biomedical engineers have developed a novel method to overcome the major hurdles facing a promising new class of peptide drugs – very small proteins – to treat diseases such as diabetes and cancer. For example, the...

Controlled Crumpling Key to Artificial Muscle

Jan 23, 2013

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University engineers are layering atom-thick lattices of carbon with polymers to create unique materials with a broad range of applications, including artificial muscles. The lattice, known as graphene, is made of pure carbon and...

Novel Sensor Provides Bigger Picture

Jan 18, 2013

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University engineers have developed a novel “sensor” that is more efficient, versatile, and cheaper for potential use in such applications as airport security scanners, and collision avoidance systems for aircraft, cars or...

Duke Launches New Undergraduate Minor in Energy Engineering

Jan 7, 2013

Fracking. High gas prices. Global warming. Oil pipelines. Affordable, efficient home heating and cooling. Massive storm-related power outages. The world has many energy problems and few places to learn how to solve them. Duke’s Pratt School of...

Lucinda Camras: Scientist and Entrepreneur

Jan 7, 2013

Lucinda Camras has to wait only a little while longer before she’s able to put “Ph.D.” after her name, and when that time comes, those letters will follow several other impressive letters – CSO – as in chief scientific officer. In her first year of...

Silver Nanocubes Super Light Absorbers

Dec 6, 2012

DURHAM, N.C. – Microscopic metallic cubes could unleash the enormous potential of metamaterials to absorb light, leading to more efficient and cost-effective large-area absorbers for sensor applications or energy-harvesting devices.

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